Never Meant to Be Alone

We tend to think of singleness as simply the absence of marriage. We think its value comes from the freedom that entails. Yet singleness is not empty. We perceive it as such because we struggle to articulate its real worth. Singleness and marriage are complements, not opposites. Both point toward union with God in Christ. They rest on the same promises, and they participate in the same reality. There are distinct elements of God's character and purposes that are revealed in singleness, just as there are in marriage. The goal of this book is to see his beauty more clearly from the vantage that singleness offers.

"I have not been single for many years. But I know many single Christians, and heartily recommend this book to them. It will change their life by changing their attitude. It will enable them to see their singlehood not as something to be lamented but as a gift for deeper joy--or perhaps even their first joy. For, as Hendrix writes, there is a special closeness to God and joy in that closeness that the married can never have. Hendrix writes beautifully and is wonderfully informed by great theology. Give this book to every single friend you know!"
--Gerald McDermott, author of A New History of Redemption: The Work of Jesus the Messiah Through the Millennia

"This book is a refreshing antidote to a malady that afflicts much of the modern church: a lost vision for Christian singleness. The Rev. Justin Hendrix points us to the profound dignity and wholeness that God intends for the single Christian life. Whether singleness is in your past, your present, or your future, this is an important book for everyone."
--Ben Lansing, co-author of Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place

"As Justin Hendrix's bishop, the 'pastor to pastors' in our Anglican world, I have a front-row seat to his character, thoughts, heart, and ministry. Justin is a man of integrity with wisdom beyond his years. His perceptive understanding of singleness in any healthy expression of God's household will help all of us--married, single, clergy, lay--understand the invaluable gift to our common life of those called (for now, or for life) to singleness."
--Steven A. Breedlove, bishop ordinary, The Diocese of Christ our Hope, Anglican Church in North America

Justin Hendrix is a priest in the Anglican Church of North America. He serves as an assisting priest at Church of the Incarnation in Richmond, Virginia.

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